In what has become a highly anticipated staple in London’s calendar of festivities, the Natural History Museum has today officially kicked off its yuletide with the unveiling of its annual Christmas T ...

Acclaimed wildlife cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin has brought nature into our homes through his work on a variety of television series. These include Let’s Go for a Walk, Animal Park and now the ...

Travel through 4.6 billion years of our planet's history and help protect its future. Snap a selfie with a piece of Mars, touch a fragment of the Moon and lay your hands on a meteorite older than our ...

Renewable energy refers to energy from sources that are constantly replenished - like the water for hydroelectric dams that is topped up by the rain, or the sunlight that reappears every day for solar ...

Butterfly and moth wings can be stunningly beautiful. More importantly, some have colourful and elaborate patterns that serve as a defence against hungry predators. There are many butterfly and moth ...

Discover some of the fascinating fossils you can find around Britain, what they look like and where to look for them. Take a look at these different kinds of fossils. What do they tell you about how ...

A large spider, but with a very small greyish body and long thin legs. They prefer the warm and constant temperatures of our homes, garages and sheds, and are rarely found outdoors as they cannot ...

‘I love snails and slugs! I just think they’re fascinating,’ says Jon Ablett, our Curator of Molluscs. ‘They’re an unnoticed part of our biodiversity, so it’s my mission to make people look around and ...

When a full Moon occurs at the closest point to Earth during its orbit, it appears larger and brighter, becoming what is commonly known as a ‘supermoon’. A supermoon is widely recorded as being much ...

This is a beginner's guide to the common groups of freshwater invertebrates found in Britain. It is designed to help you differentiate broad groups of common freshwater invertebrates, principally to ...

Revealing the personality of an individual or an intimate group of animals in a thought-provoking or memorable way. John E Marriott (Canada) frames a lynx resting from the cold wind, with its fully ...